Bagasse-furnace



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J. HILL.

BAGASSE FURNACE.

No; 276,400; S Patented Apr.24,1883. 1 79'! WITNESSES: INVENTOR: @wdM S fizz 7 BY ATTORNEYS;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HILL, OF INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

BAGASSE-FU RNAC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,400, dated April 24, 1883. Application filed September 8.1882. (NomodeL) To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I,'JOHN HILL, of Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Bag-asse-Furnace, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of.my invention is to contrive a furnace whereby green bagasse may be burned for fuel to be used in the manufacture ofsugar and molasses in localities where fuel is scarce and expensive.

My invention consists of a chute or chutes contrived, in connection with the furnace, for feeding the fuel along where it is exposed to the heat of the furnace or the flue leading therefrom to the chimney a suitable distance, and for a length of time enabllng the fuel to dry and heat, so that it will burn with good results when it finally discharges into the furnace.

ln evaporating-furnaces and others I propose to arrange the chute to enter the furnace from the back, where the fuel will have the benefit of the whole length of the run ofthe flame under the evaporating-pans from the furnace to the chimney; but 1 may modify the arrangement more or less, according to the circumstances of the case, as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of an evaporating-furnace constructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

The furnace at, flue b, chimney c, pan d, and other parts may be of the ordinary or approved form for evaporating sorghum-juice, or the furnace may be such as is used for generating steam for power, to which I propose to apply a feeding-chute, d, entering from the back of the furnace and extending along the flue b to the back of the tire-grate e, where it discharges thereon, said chute being constructed of sheetiron plates f, or any approved material, and being wholly or partly surrounded by the space of the flue. At g, I propose to arrange inclines on the fire-grate to carry the incoming supply upon the fire.

In the application of this device to evaporating-furnaces which stand low, a pit, 7', will be provided in front of the outer end of the chute for the convenience ofthe fireman. The chute will be kept well filled with fuel to prevent burning therein.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a bagasse-f'urnace,the combination, with a feeding-chute, of a grate provided with the inclines g for delivering the fuel, as described.

JOHN HILL. Witnesses:

E. P. ALLEN, U. M. RALSTIN. 

